[No. 15.]
Expedition of Lieuts. Warre and Vavasour to the Oregon Territory. Inclosures in Colonial Office letter of 3d November, 1846.
Schedule of enclosures forwarded by Lieuts. Warre and Vavasour, with their dispatch and general report, addressed to the Rt. Hon. the Secy, of State for the Colonies, dated Fort Garry, Red River Settlement, June 16, 1846.
No. 1. Copy of memorandum of the Comr. of the Forces in Canada.
No. 2. Dispatch addressed by Lord Metcalfe, Gov. General in Canada, to the Comr. of the Forces, dated Montreal, May, 1845.
No. 3. Instructions from the Comr. of the Forces in Canada to Lieut. Warre.
No. 4. Copy of letter addressed by Sir G. Simpson, Gov. of the Hon. H. B. Co., to Lieuts. Warre and Vavasour, dated Encampment Lac La Pluie, May 30, 1845.
No. 5. Copies of dispatches forwarded from the Red River Settlement to the Gov. Genl. in Canada and the Secy, of State for the Colonies, dated Fort Garry, Red River Settlement, June 10, 1845. Marked (B) and (C).
No. 6. Copies of dispatches forwarded from Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River, by the Llonble. H. B. Co. vessel the "Cowlitz" to His Excellency the Governor General of Canada, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated Fort Vancouver, November ist, 1845. Marked (D) and (E).
No. 7. Copy of bill, organizing the Oregon Territory and attaching it to the United States and recommending the immediate construction of fortifications, by the American Government, on Cape Disappointment. Marked ( ).
No. 8. Copy of dispatch enclosing speech of Govr. of Oregon, forwarded by Hon. H. B. Co.'s ship "Vancouver," to the Sandwich Islands, thence under cover to the British Consul at Bias [ ?] to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated Fort Vancouver, Dec. 8, 1845, marked (H), enclosing dispatch to Gov. Genl. in Canada of same date, marked (G).
